The Need for a Teacher

Just as we need a guide to help us scale a mountain for the first time, Easwaran writes, we need an experienced teacher to point out the pitfalls and guide us safely on the spiritual path.

All of Us Are One

"You are that," says a sage to his son, meaning that the same Self is in all of us. Commenting on this excerpt from the Upanishads, Easwaran shows how to overcome negative discrimination and find unity with all.

God is Not a Metaphor

Whatever we are seeking in life, Easwaran says in this video, whether it be love, wealth, or prestige, we are really searching for our real Self, which is divine.

Direct From Easwaran

Whether you’re a longtime meditator or are new to Easwaran’s teachings, the BMCM offers you access to an extensive archive of Easwaran’s audio and video talks. We invite you to enjoy these talks and absorb his timeless teachings.

Surfing the Waves of Life

Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves

Lasting forgiveness is very hard to achieve, but it’s essential if we are to live in peace with ourselves. Easwaran gives practical spiritual guidance.

Answering the Need of the Times

How can meditation help the world? Easwaran explains how this ancient spiritual practice helps us to create positive change in modern times.

An Uncluttered Mind

Easwaran explains in this audio talk how attachment affects the workings of the mind. Meditation helps us to declutter our homes and our lives.

Invitation to a Journey

Easwaran tells the story of Humphrey the whale and presents the spiritual life as a great adventure, encouraging us to put full effort into our meditation practice.

Good Will, Good Health

In this 30-minute audio talk, Easwaran explains the connection between training the mind and improving our physical, mental, and emotional health.

The Visit to Gandhi's Ashram

Easwaran describes how he went to Gandhi’s ashram and watched the Mahatma meditating on the Bhagavad Gita. The visit had a profound influence on him.

Raja Yoga

Meditation makes us kings and queens of our own lives, Easwaran explains in this seven-minute video clip. We gradually bring our thoughts under our control, enabling us to make our fullest contribution to life.

Real Life Tales of the Mantram

Easwaran opens this lively audio talk with his story of the student who panicked on the eve of his finals. The mantram came to the rescue.

The First Chapter of “Passage Meditation”

This long excerpt is the whole of the first chapter from Easwaran’s classic manual, with detailed instructions in his method of passage meditation.

The Eight-Point Program in the Second Half of Life

How should our spiritual practice evolve and develop as we enter our retirement years? Easwaran offers practical guidance, point by point.

The Second Half of Life

The second half of life is a time when we should grow to our full stature as human beings, Easwaran writes, and focus on what matters most.

The Stages of Life

In ancient India, human life was divided into four stages. Easwaran explains the inner meaning of these four stages as a spiritual framework for life today.

The Mantram at the Time of Death

The mantram offers huge emotional and spiritual support when we’re with someone who’s dying, and when we face death ourselves. Easwaran explains what happens at death and how we can prepare for it through our own ongoing spiritual practice.

The Elephant Sculptor

Through the story of the elephant sculptor, learn how passage meditation can help you make your life a work of art and become the person you want to be.

The Power of the Bhagavad Gita

What Is Nirvana?

How to describe the indescribable? In this eight-minute clip, Easwaran tells the story of a debate between a ​great king and a leading Buddhist monk.

Advice From Saint Teresa

Even in the midst of work we can deepen our spiritual practice, as Easwaran explains in this 10-minute video. He is commenting on a text by Saint Teresa of Avila and showing her relevance today.

Learning to Love

Commenting on words from Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Easwaran assures us that we can all expand our capacity to love. He outlines five conditions for building this vital skill.

The Juggler & Maya

Easwaran tells an anecdote about a juggler, to illustrate the concept of maya and the illusion of separateness. Meditation helps us go beyond maya and realize the unity of life.

The Key to the Art of Living

Spiritual wisdom alone is not enough, Easwaran says in this excerpt from "The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living" – it is our ability to translate that wisdom into practical daily action that is the key to the art of living.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras give a glimpse into the workings of the mind, Easwaran says in this video, but it is only through regular meditation that we can realize this spiritual wisdom for ourselves.

The Lesson of the Lilac

“Nothing in life is more pressing than learning to face death,” Easwaran writes, in this uplifting article full of stories, insights, and advice. He explains how to use our understanding of death and dying to live life more meaningfully right now.

Saint Francis: An Instrument of Peace

It is through systematic meditation, as Easwaran says in this commentary on the Prayer of Saint Francis, that we can transform negative states of mind to become instruments of peace and love.

Saint Francis: Building Faith & Hope

Just like Saint Francis, Easwaran says, we can all transform our lives and help everyone around us.

A Wiser Way of Living

When we don’t know our true Self, Easwaran says in this video, we can end up making absurd demands on life. We need meditation to help us grow in beauty, love, and patience.

Spiritual Revolution

A spiritual revolution is needed now more than ever, Easwaran says, and “We can all play a part in this peaceful revolution by practicing the spiritual disciplines which have come down the centuries in the great religions of the world.”

A Deep, Personal Longing

Whether we are drawn to the Buddha, the Divine Mother, Sri Krishna, or Jesus, Easwaran points out in this video that we can each stoke a deep, personal longing for understanding that will take us far on the spiritual path.

I Give, Therefore I Am

“The more you look upon your life as a trust for the benefit of others,” Easwaran says in this article, “the less complicated – and the more effective and satisfying – your work and relationships will become.”

The Outer Teacher and the Teacher Within

In this short article Easwaran explains the relationship between the spiritual teacher and the student, and the meaning of the word "guru." The outer teacher makes us aware of our own deepest Self, our Atman, within.

Teacher and Student

In this special video to celebrate Easwaran’s life and teachings, Easwaran describes the role of the spiritual teacher.

Life is a Trust

“Our highest duty is to give back to life,” Easwaran says in this article that highlights the connections between our daily work and our spiritual practice.

Will & Desire: The Great Race

“The power of desire is the power of the will,” Easwaran says in this article. He goes on to describe the “great race” that takes place between our will and desire in a story that might make you laugh out loud.

Audiobook Excerpt: Will & Desire

“The power of desire is the power of the will,” Easwaran says in this excerpt of the audiobook recording of "Essence of the Upanishads" read by long-time passage meditators and actor, Paul Bazely.

The Gift of Time

In this 10-minute video, Easwaran gives tips on the best way to entertain children – by slowing down and working with them.

The Aims of Education

In this audio talk, Easwaran comments on the aims of education according to the ancient Indian tradition: to gain peace of mind, to live in harmony with others, and to live in harmony with our environment.

A New Year's Message

In this 30-minute video, Easwaran encourages us all to celebrate the new year by rededicating ourselves to the supreme goal.

Love Alters Not

In this 30-minute video, Easwaran comments on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, showing how its message about love is perfectly in line with our spiritual practice.